PHYS 622 Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics II
Ideal Bose systems and condensates. Black-body radiation. Field of sound waves, liquid helium II. Ideal Fermi systems. Electron gas. Pauli paramagnetism, Landau diamagnetism. Thermionic and photoelectric emissions. White dwarfs and neutron stars. Thomas- Fermi model. Interacting systems and Ising model. Phase transitions and critical phenomena. Fluctuations.